The Homesickness of Du Mu,a Pedestrian—Take Accommodation on the Way and Qingming as Examples
Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's two poems,Accommodation on the Way and Qingming,are written a-bout the"pedestrian"Du Mu's homesickness,but both reach a very high artistic level.But the previous interpre-tation is not satisfactory,so it is worth us to re-read.Accommodation on the Way depicts the poet's observations and thoughts during the period from staying at night to leaving the hotel in the morning.The ending couplet does not depict the hometown scenery in memory,but rather the scenery seen on the road after leaving the hotel.In spite of its unsatisfactory aspects,Qingming has the merits of being clear,catchy,rich in content,graphic,and emo-tionally moving,and deserves to be recognized as one of the finest pieces of ancient poetry.